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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts) Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:20 PM Nov 1

Texas is attempting to block DOJ observers at voting locations

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Texas is attempting to block DOJ observers at voting locations (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 1 OP

We're so confident of the integrity of our elections, we won't let anybody see. Qutzupalotl Nov 1 #1

Looking forward to reading the DOJ's reply. SharonClark Nov 1 #2

Same here LetMyPeopleVote Nov 1 #3

Federal vs. State .... FEDERAL wins.. EVERY TIME. 4lbs Nov 2 #4

Looks like the rightwingers are trying this wherever they can... Think. Again. Nov 2 #5

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia is getting involved LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2 #6

Qutzupalotl

(15,146 posts)

1. We're so confident of the integrity of our elections, we won't let anybody see.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:35 PM

Nov 1

Last edited Sat Nov 2, 2024, 01:01 AM - Edit history (1)

SharonClark

(10,323 posts)

2. Looking forward to reading the DOJ's reply.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:35 PM

Nov 1

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts)

3. Same here

Reply to SharonClark (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:36 PM

Nov 1

4lbs

(7,395 posts)

4. Federal vs. State .... FEDERAL wins.. EVERY TIME.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 01:44 AM

Nov 2

George Wallace should have taught them that, but Texas isn't known for following or even knowing about history. Especially recent US History. They're still "fighting" that war the Southern States lost more than 150 years ago.

FYI, George Wallace was the Governor of Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s back when FEDERAL law eventually made it illegal to segregate schoolchildren. He still wanted it. LBJ was FORCED to send in federal troops to help black students attend "white" schools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace

This was back when the Democratic Party was full of racists, until nearly all of them left to "join" the Republican Party in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Bill was enacted by Congress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965

Looks like someone in Texas (*COUGH* Governor Abbott *COUGH*) might need a refresher course on what ended up happening, especially to George Wallace.